External press release
22 Oct 2020

SuperCharge - New Road-Car Based Global Electric Motorsport Series
SuperCharge, an all-new global motorsport series based on electric crossover road cars, has broken cover on its plans to help shape the new future for motorsport.
External press release
21 Oct 2020

Battista Hypercar Owners: Effortless Charging at Home and on the Move
A bespoke wall box designed by Pininfarina SpA and a new public-charging partnership will ensure owners of the Battista pure-electric hypercar are able to enjoy effortless charging at home and on the move.
21 Oct 2020

What's on the Energy Storage Market Beside Lithium-ion Batteries? Pt 2
In this second article from IDTechEx, a more detailed analysis about the different chemistries will show the main RFB technologies currently available or under development, beginning with the most adopted and investigated Redox Flow Batteries (RFB), the Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB).
External press release
20 Oct 2020

Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M to Deploy 70 Class 8 Electric Trucks
Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M from U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks. This award enables the nation's largest commercial deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks
External press release
20 Oct 2020

Wärtsilä Awarded Energy Storage System Order Totalling 90 MW / 90MWh
The technology group Wärtsilä has received a repeat energy storage system order totalling 90 MW / 90 MWh from an existing South East Asian customer. The solution will provide much needed flexibility and reliable grid support and will allow the further integration of energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power.
20 Oct 2020

The Perfect Angle for E-Skin Energy Storage
Materials scientists have developed the fabrication process with colleagues in Korea. A key for success is spraying a specific amount of graphene ink onto flexible substrates at a specific angle and temperature.
Topic overview
19 Oct 2020

The European Hybrid Electric Car Market
The market for hybrid electric cars is growing but can it sustain this growth going forward?
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External press release
19 Oct 2020

Ceres Power Signs Manufacturing Deal With Doosan
Ceres Power, a global leader in fuel cell and electrochemical technology, Doosan Fuel Cell, the world's stationary fuel cell market leader, and Doosan Corporation today announce the signing of strategic collaboration and licence agreements worth a minimum of £36m to Ceres with a potential additional £7m subject to performance.
19 Oct 2020

The 24 Million Electric Vehicles of 2020
The IDTechEx market for electric vehicles across land, sea and air will be 24 million unit sales this year, which represents a decline of roughly 19% year on year from the impact of COVID-19.
External press release
16 Oct 2020

Bollinger Motors Files Patent for Streamlined Battery Pack Design
Bollinger Motors has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its battery pack design. The scope of the patent includes mechanical, electrical, and systems-engineering innovations.
External press release
16 Oct 2020

National Grid Launches National Grid Renewables
National Grid Underscores its Commitment to the Clean Energy Transition with Launch of National Grid Renewables. Rollout of new National Grid Renewables brand emphasizes the important role renewable energy will play in the company's efforts to decarbonize the energy system.
External press release
16 Oct 2020

Arrival Accelerates Global Expansion With $118M Investment
Arrival, the technology company focused on commercial electric vehicles announced it has raised $118 million from funds managed by BlackRock. The fundraising will be used to support execution of the company's growth plans as it ramps up vehicle production, including the launch of Arrival's first U.S. Microfactory in South Carolina.
16 Oct 2020

Self-Driving Laboratories: A Reality Waiting to Happen
Imagine a situation where, given a request, a lab automatically chooses what experiments to do, robotically carries this out, tracks the reaction with integrated sensors, acquires and analyzes the results, and then decides what experiment to do next. This seems like science-fiction, but certain truths may be closer than you think.
Full profile interview
15 Oct 2020

Electric Era
American company assembling high discharge rate Li-ion battery module, exploiting the high efficient cooling system design, for application in EV fast charging.
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External press release
15 Oct 2020

Xidas's New 'VP3' Power Pod Tackles Sustainability and Landfill Issues
Xidas IoT is launching a new breed of self-charging batteries to minimize the battery-landfill dilemma by increasing the lifetime of the battery and reducing the times of replacement.
External press release
15 Oct 2020

EV Connect Partner Program to Deliver Best-in-Class EV Charging
Industry leaders BTCPower, EVBox, EVOCHARGE™ join as Premier Partners to ensure better charge experience through tighter integration, broader interoperability, and more uptime.
Update interview
14 Oct 2020

Global Graphene Group
IDTechEx caught up with Global Graphene Group (G3) Division president Adam Quirk.
Update interview
14 Oct 2020

NanoXplore
IDTechEx caught up with CEO of NanoXplore, Soroush Nazarpour, about their developments over 2020.
External press release
14 Oct 2020

LG Chem, SolarEdge: Battery Shortage Met by Solar + Storage Solution
LG Chem, Korea's leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has strengthened its partnership with global inverter manufacturer SolarEdge to offer the most advanced home backup solution to date with training for installers.
14 Oct 2020

Supercapacitors Increasingly Preferred for Wind Power
Large supercapacitors cost thousands of dollars. They save millions of dollars when preventing self-destruction as with pitch control of the blades of a wind turbine in a storm when the electrics fail.